Better Late Than Never

 Goodness how time flies! I can't believe it is already April, and I haven't posted on here since March 7. I thought I had, but I must have sent out an update to my supporters instead. Life has been busy. My friend Marriah had an absolutely beautiful wedding. Ladies, waiting for the one God has for you is much better than taking somebody when  you want them. 

Teaching 3rd-4th grade has been fun and challenging. I have 15 students, but for one week, I brought the 5th graders in too, and I had 25 students. All in all, the classes did well. A teacher doesn't just teach basic subjects. Sometimes we end up teaching life principles, political principles, and of course in a Christian school, Biblical principles.  I am excited to see what God does with these kids.

I was so happy to find many former students are still in school and doing well. On Thursdays, we have quite a few who attend our church service in another town. Although they might be coming because we go to Chik-Fil-A afterwards, they are getting good sound Bible preaching. I enjoy watching them as they sing the hymns, and I especially enjoy watching the young men imitate the song leader. 

This week is Easter Spring Break, so I had the week off. I came to Vieques with the pastor's daughter, and we spent two days learning how not to plan a trip to Vieques. First, don't go on a holiday week. Second, book everything way ahead, especially a rental car. Third, check the future forecast. Fourth, make sure all equipment on the car is in good working order. Flat tires in the middle of a nature preserve are a bit unnerving. Thankfully a good Samaritan came along and helped our driver get the tire changed. Although our first day was covered up in rain, today, god answered our prayer, and we had a beautiful sunshiny day to sit at a beach on a small reef with tropical fish swimming around us. yes, missionaries need min vacations too.

We are down to about four weeks of school, and some of those are short weeks due to holidays or special days. Life is about to get even more hectic, but I love being busy again. Sitting still in one place for too long is very hard for me.

Please keep my mom in prayer. Her pain management doctor is trying to find a surgeon to look at the tears in her hip muscle to see if they can be repaired surgically. While she is waiting for this to happen, she has been given some natural oils to try to see if they will help heal the tears. Please pray the oils work as the surgery may not be an option, or it may cause her to be worse off than she is now.

Please pray that God will open the doors for me to find some online work to help supplement my personal income when  I am traveling. I try not to use missions support when I am home, so any work I do puts money into my personal account which then allows me to care for my needs, and to be able to take mini vacations when I need or have opportunity to do so. I do know how to create Powerpoints, turn them into videos, create programs, bulletins, and other documents for special events..., proofread, and edit. I have also designed yearbooks and similar creations, written plays for our kids programs, puppet skits, and silly skits. if you or someone you know needs anything like this done, I would love to be a help to them, and it would be a help to me.

Please pray for an unspoken request which has been ongoing for two years now. It will take a miracle of God for the situation to be cared for.

Please pray for the ministry here in PR. The inflation has been extremely hard on the parents of students here which in turn makes it hard on the school. 

Please continue to pray for our kids program to grow. Pray also for our craft group to be used to reach people in our community. Pray for our 20-30 year olds as they continue to grow in Christ.